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“… then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
– William Wordsworth
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Cleavers, Dandelion flowers and leaves, Gorse flowers, Ground Elder , Hop shoots, Alexanders, Primroses, Wild Plum blossom, Sweet Violets
Tag Archives: Poppies
Wordless Wednesday – Poppy Parade
Posted in Wordless
Tagged Gardening, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver orientale, Papaver rhoeas, papaver somniferum, Photography, Poppies, Wimpole Estate
10 Comments
Six on Saturday – 04/06/2022
June doesn’t seem to have realised that it’s Summertime yet! It’s already been, alternately, freezing (well not quite, but down to 3°C), shockingly windy and showery, between bouts of lovely sunshine. Tomorrow is predicted to be very wet, with early … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged astrantia, broadbeans, compost, Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins', Gardening, Poppies
22 Comments
Poppy ‘Amazing Grey’
I’m sure you all know how it is when you’ve been away for a few days and, as you approach home, suddenly become desperate to see how the garden has got on without you (usually fine, of course!). Well, yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Flowers, Gardening, Papaver rhoeas, Photography, Poppies, Poppy 'Amazing Grey'
26 Comments
Six on Saturday – Whispering grass … and a challenge
26/06/2021 The summer solstice passed with temperatures lower than the winter solstice in some places round here. We had a heavy dew on our lawn, which looked like frost. It felt cold. We measured 5 deg C in the open … Continue reading
Posted in Six on Saturday
Tagged #SixOnSaturday, alliums, ant control, echium vulgare, Gardening, Poppies, Six on Saturday, Stipa gigantea
28 Comments
Six on Saturday – Eyelashes, poppies and buttercups
18/06/2021 Thank goodness for gardening! Don’t mind me, but it’s been an awful week and I’ve never been so grateful to be able thrash weeds at my parents house, tend the burgeoning borders at Wimpole (National Trust) and plant out … Continue reading
A Week of Flowers: Day 6 – 27/11/2020
Continuing to day six of Cathy’s (Words and Herbs) uplifting flower-sharing week … and hopefully spreading a little cheer round the web. Today I am thinking that you can’t beat poppies: Click the link to enjoy more beautiful blooms.
Wordless Wednesday – Bees love poppies
Posted in Bees, Flowers
Tagged Gardening, honey bees, papaver somniferum, Photography, pollinators, Poppies
9 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Astronauts!
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Nature, Wordless
Tagged alliums, Borage, Bumblebees, Gardening, honey bees, Phlomis, Photography, Poppies, Wildlife
6 Comments
Wordless Wednesday – Making a beeline for the poppies
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Wordless
Tagged Gardening, honey bees, oriental poppies, Papaver rhoeas, Photography, Poppies
13 Comments
Six on Saturday – There aren’t enough hours in the day …
25/05/2019 I’ve been fighting off a virus this week and while I have finally enough strength to wield a fork and spade again, it feels as though everything is rushing away from me. I am desperately playing catch up with … Continue reading
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